fix(to-json-schema): do not require optional items at the end of tuples by yxshee · Pull Request #1740 · open-circle/valibot

yxshee · 2026-11-08T21:55:08Z

toJsonSchema sets minItems of a tuple to the number of items, so optional and nullish items at the end become required in the JSON Schema. Valibot accepts the tuple without them:

const schema = v.tuple([v.string(), v.optional(v.number())]);

v.is(schema, ['a']); // true
toJsonSchema(schema);
// { type: 'array', items: [{ type: 'string' }, { type: 'number' }], minItems: 2, ... }

Ajv rejects ['a'] against that output, while the Valibot schema accepts it. The same happens for looseTuple, strictTuple and tupleWithRest, and for the draft-2020-12 and openapi-3.0 targets.

minItems now stops at the last item that is not optional or nullish, which matches how object entries of those types are left out of required. An optional item followed by a required one still counts, since the later item has to be present. exactOptional items are not skipped because tuples treat a missing item as undefined, which exactOptional rejects.

The three new tests in convertSchema.test.ts fail on main with - "minItems": 1, / + "minItems": 3, (and 2 for the draft-2020-12 and openapi-3.0 cases). With the change, the package's 318 tests pass with vitest --typecheck, and pnpm lint and pnpm format.check are clean.

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Bug Fixes
- Generated JSON Schemas now correctly allow tuples to omit trailing optional or nullish items across supported schema targets. The minimum item count reflects only required tuple entries, while tuples with required later entries continue to enforce the appropriate minimum.
Tests
- Added coverage for optional trailing tuple items across supported schema targets, including tuple item schemas and strict-tuple handling.

Tuple schemas set minItems to the number of items, so trailing optional and nullish items became required in the JSON Schema. Valibot accepts tuples where those items are omitted, so minItems now stops at the last item that is not optional or nullish.

coderabbitai · 2026-11-08T21:55:35Z

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Tuple conversion now sets minItems based on the count of tuple entries before trailing optional or nullish entries. This applies to OpenAPI 3.0, draft-2020-12, and draft-07 or unspecified targets. Tests cover these formats, tuple rest schemas, and strict tuple additional-item handling.

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Merge Risk: Low · up to 11f3f

The change improves optional tuple conversion but permits missing defaulted positions in output schemas and preserves an incorrect undefinedable expectation. These are bounded conversion gaps to correct or explicitly accept before merging.

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P2: Trailing `undefinedable` items are also valid when omitted, but this scan leaves them counted in `minItems`, so the generated schema rejects tuples that Valibot accepts. Include `undefinedable` in the skipped suffix types.</violation>
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+      while (
+        minItems > 0 &&
+        (valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'optional' ||
+          valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'nullish')


P2: Trailing undefinedable items are also valid when omitted, but this scan leaves them counted in minItems, so the generated schema rejects tuples that Valibot accepts. Include undefinedable in the skipped suffix types.

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valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'nullish')

valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'nullish' ||

valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'undefinedable')

Kept undefinedable items required on purpose, to match how object entries are converted: required keeps undefinedable keys and leaves out only optional, nullish and exact_optional ones. Valibot's runtime does accept an omitted trailing undefinedable item, but it also accepts an omitted undefinedable object key, and the converter follows the type-level meaning there (undefinedable marks a value that may be undefined, not a position or key that may be absent). 11f3fc0 adds a test pinning this so the two cases stay aligned. If the maintainers would rather treat it as omittable, I'd change both places together.

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- Line 355: Update the tuple conversion logic that assigns jsonSchema.minItems
so output mode counts positions required by the output tuple, including optional
elements with defaults that parsing supplies. Preserve the existing input-mode
behavior and derive the count from the tuple’s required output positions.
- Line 323: Update the tuple conversion logic near the minItems assignment to
detect when the generated OpenAPI schema cannot preserve Valibot’s positional
validation, such as when an optional tuple element lowers minItems while
items.anyOf permits that type at any position. Report the limitation instead of
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- Around line 311-316: Update the minItems calculation for tuple schemas so lazy
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coderabbitai · 2026-11-08T21:59:41Z

+      while (
+        minItems > 0 &&
+        (valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'optional' ||
+          valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'nullish')
+      ) {
+        minItems--;


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Handle lazy optional items when calculating minItems.

For v.tuple([v.lazy(() => v.optional(v.number()))]), Valibot accepts [], but the generated JSON Schema requires one item. Account for lazy schemas that resolve to optional items when calculating minItems.

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Not changed here: lazy items are treated the same way as lazy object entries, which stay in required even when the getter resolves to an optional schema. Resolving the getter only for tuples would make the two cases diverge; if lazy resolution is wanted, it should land in both places in one change.

@yxshee That makes sense. Both tuple and object conversion currently treat lazy schemas as required, so addressing them together would keep their handling consistent.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-08T21:59:42Z

        // Use prefixItems for draft-2020-12
        jsonSchema.prefixItems = [];
-        jsonSchema.minItems = valibotSchema.items.length;
+        jsonSchema.minItems = minItems;


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Preserve required tuple positions in output mode.

For v.tuple([v.string(), v.optional(v.number(), 42)]), output mode emits minItems: 1. A validator accepts ['x'], although parsing it produces ['x', 42]. Preserve required output positions when calculating minItems.

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Not changed here: typeMode is applied to pipelines only, and object conversion does not consult it either, so an optional entry with a default is left out of required in output mode today. Tuples now follow the same rule. Making required and minItems aware of typeMode would be a separate change covering both.

@yxshee That makes sense. Tuple conversion now follows the existing object behavior. The output-mode limitation remains, but it can be addressed separately for both tuples and objects.

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	valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'nullish')
	valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'nullish' \|\|
	valibotSchema.items[minItems - 1].type === 'undefinedable')

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